“Acceptance of homosexuality is particularly widespread in countries where religion is less central in people’s lives. These are also among the richest countries in the world,” Pew said in its summary of the findings.

“In contrast, in poorer countries with high levels of religiosity, few believe homosexuality should be accepted by society,” it added.

Next they’ll conduct a poll to see if a diet of nothing but ice cream and Snickers is related to being overweight.

What strikes me as the more important part is how poverty has a positive correlation with religiosity, while in wealthier countries religiosity falls off. If you want to see atheism really surge, help people live a better quality of life. Make sure they’re educated and that they are able to see that true hope comes from reality, no from fantasies empowered by a lack of worldly knowledge.